Meghan McCarthy stated on the homage to The Big Lebowski and easter eggs in the show, "Very rarely are those things written into the script, but then when it goes to Studio B and the board artists and Jayson Thiessen, supervising director, I think they have a lot of fun. They have to populate this world with these background ponies and they’re like ‘oh, they’re at a bowling alley, eh?’"[2] A fan's thought that the bowler stallions' inclusion in The Cutie Pox "was just the animators amusing themselves, rather than a sop to the adult audience" has been agreed to by Jayson Thiessen.[3]Tim Stuby "had nothing to do with Lebowski" ponies.[4]

Other depictions

Ep. 1, The Royal Wedding, shows silhouettes matching him and Pinny Lane approaching each other, having hearts appear above them, and moving briefly closer to each other, all while Pinkie Pie narrates "when two ponies fall in love, they get married and have a wedding."

Donny Kerabatsos is a character called "Earnest Bowler" in Gameloft's mobile game. His in-game description states, "This pony is a good bowler, and a good stallion. He loves the outdoors, and bowling -- and as a surfer, he's "hung four" everywhere from Applewood to Puerto Caballo."